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I have had the opportunity to work alongside many teachers who find themselves early in their careers. This opportunity for me is always educative, allowing me to continue to consider experiences we as teachers had as children in school. I have come to understand, we (teachers) often return to what we know about school and what we experienced as students. When it comes to planning with teachers around elementary physical education, I am often asked for a list of new games to play. Last...

The following cooperative games are excerpts from a professional development workshop alongside elementary physical education teachers. These cooperative challenges can help establish and strengthen relationships within a physical education program. The underpinning of the workshop revolved around the affective domain, specifically the relationship goal of the Saskatchewan PE curriculum.

If we want to work on enhancing the physical skills… we need to first slow down… We cannot be...

The following video clip provides a number of experiences that engage youth in movement. With little equipment or set-up time required, these instant activities challenge participants to move to achieve specific goals. Connections can certainly be made to both skill-related and health-related components of fitness. These are fantastic challenges which can be implemented indoors and outdoors for both elementary and high school youth. Included with this post is a list of reaction ball...

Basketball coaches, this is a resource for you. Basketball Immersion was founded by Chris Oliver in 2014 with the goal of sharing everything he has gained from 20+ years immersed in playing, learning and coaching basketball. Coach Oliver has coached at many levels, from club to university ranks. He has facilitated camps globally and has developed numerous professional players.

The group of invasion games is the most complex out of all games categories. It includes sports such as basketball, football, hockey, and soccer. While the required skills for each sport differ, the tactical problems remain very similar in that players will move up the court/pitch/surface to take an object to a hoop/goal/end zone.

The teaching of invasion games has been the focus of discussion in recent teaching methods, such as Teaching Games for Understanding. This method suggests that...

In “Coaching Tips” we sit down with Bob Maltman, head coach of the University of Regina women’s soccer team, to acquire some ideas around coaching children and youth in a team sport. Bob has over 25 years of coaching experience, coaching provincial teams and of course university athletes. He has also spent a great deal of time coaching children and youth ages 4 to 12 years old.

As a coach of a team sport, you will certainly benefit from hearing Bob’s message on engagement, planning...

When it comes to developing the physical literacy levels of youth we must always consider improving the social, emotional, and physical well-being. Improving one’s physical fitness levels is part of enhancing the physical well-being of youth. Within Saskatchewan’s physical education curriculum there is a focus on the Active Living goal. This goal emphasizes the need to enhance each of the components of health-related fitness.

Capture the Koosh is a great invasion/territorial game that can be played with many ages. When Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), it is important to scaffold your teaching/coaching and build with progressions.

Educators - This game can be used to support curricular outcomes anywhere from grade one to grade twelve. Consider making minor adjustments to meet the needs of your students. We can change locomotions at an early age or replace the koosh with basketballs at a high school...

The Saskatchewan Physical Education Association (SPEA) recently hosted their annual conference in Regina, SK. This year the theme of the conference was Relationships: Moving Towards Physical Literacy. With Relationships being one of the three goals of Saskatchewan’s physical education curriculum delegates were fortunate to have Dr. Paul Wright, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Northern Illinois University provide the keynote address.